18 --- Notice [text]

[soulofblue]

Twilight Sparkle of Mayfield is gone.

Comments

[not here]

[etranger]

...what?

Mako stares at the message for a long, long time. No, that...that doesn't make sense.

What happened?

She...she can't process this right now. Time to sit down and stare at the wall for a while.

[Private Visual]

[shy_kindness]

Omigoodness... Are you okay?

[private text]

[soulofblue]

Not especially.

[Private Text]

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy can't help but feel sorry for him...]

Can we come over?

[Private Text]

[soulofblue]

What for?

[Private Text]

[shy_kindness]

You might need a shoulder to cry on...

[That's usually what she offers whenever her friends are sad.]

[soulofblue]

[He would honestly vastly prefer not to do that. But his experience with grief is very limited, and being alone last time wasn't the best...]

Okay.

[Action]

[shy_kindness]

[Fluttershy nods and closes the scroll. She knows what she's doing, and sometimes, people need to cry. It's a great first step with letting her come to comfort you, even if she doesn't know you.

After some time, Fluttershy knocks on Pollo's front door politely.]

[soulofblue]

[When Pollo opens it, he is very carefully composed. He wouldn't have opened it at all if he thought he couldn't trust himself to at least be that. Even so, he's obviously downtrodden and doesn't quite meet Fluttershy's eyes.]

Hi. Ah, come in.

[shy_kindness]

[Well... she does come in, but only waits long enough to enter and have Pollo close the door before she hugs him and offers, kind and reassuring words.]

Its okay, everything's going to be fine...

[soulofblue]

[Frankly, Pollo's not sure he's okay with the hugging. He just sort of freezes up when it happens. But he's not going to try to escape either.

He'll just...stand here uncomfortably and try not to cry. That sounds like a plan?]

[Action]

[shy_kindness]

[After a few more moments of just offering reassuring words...]

...It's okay to cry sometimes.

[soulofblue]

Mmmm-hm.

[Pollo agrees in a rather shaky voice. It's not the theory he disagrees with, it's just that in practice...

.....

...dammit he's about to start crying on Fluttershy isn't he]

[Action]

[shy_kindness]

[It's Pollo's choice if he chooses to. But Fluttershy and Fluttercruel both aren't going to give Pollo a hard time about crying at all. They're only hear to support him and make him feel better.

Holding it in is bad, and something one just needs to let things out once in a while.

Fluttershy is here for you.]

[soulofblue]

[Well dangit now he's crying

This is great]

[visual]

[strengthinkindness]

Twilight...? O-Oh no...

[Text]

[caneattheseapples]

God

Dammit

[For a while, that's the only actual response she gives. A few minutes later though, and she writes a bit more.]

Not gonna pretend like I don't know the answer you have to the question 'are you okay', so I'll just ask - anything we can do for you?

[soulofblue]

I don't know

I can't think of anything

[visual]

[polyturtle]

[No. Oh no.]

...Pollo...

[private text]

[soulofblue]

I don't know what I'm supposed to do.

All her things are still here.

[private text]

[polyturtle]

Keep what you can. Keep what you'll remember her by.

[private text]

[soulofblue]

I don't know what I'm going to do.

[private text]

[polyturtle]

Take deep breaths. Just breathe. That's a start.

[private text]

[soulofblue]

Okay

[Visual]

[ponycure_dream]

...Twilight...

[Oh, not again. And this one's hitting closer to home. Another Pretty Cure down. Even worse, it's another Mayfielder... She looks... quite lost here.]

[soulofblue]

I'm sorry.

[text]

[bluesuit_hoofy]

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

[Visual]

[neighfeni]

[That message stops Nephenee in her tracks as she sees it while washing dishes, and all she can do is stare for a moment. Twilight...]

...Ah'm so sorry, Sir Pollo...

Is...there anythin' Ah can do for ya?

[soulofblue]

I don't think so

Thank you anyway